MILLCREEK — A former manager at a Millcreek apartment complex is accused of taking rent money from dozens of tenants and putting it into her personal account.
Sheila Kim Winberg, 52, of Riverton, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with theft by deception and money laundering, both second-degree felonies; and forgery, a third-degree felony.
Unified police say Winberg was a manager at the Meadowbrook Station Apartments, 3994 S. Howick St.
From about July 2018 through May 2019, Winberg is accused of taking “127 checks or money orders from 50 residents which should have been deposited in the Meadowbrook Station account and diverted the funds into her own account,” according to charging documents.
Of those checks and money orders that Winberg allegedly changed and placed into her account, police were able to trace 112 — worth more than $51,000 — back to the tenants who submitted the payments, the charges state. An additional 14 money orders totaling more than $7,000 could not be traced to a tenant, but each had “‘Pay to the order of Meadowbrook Station’ washed out and Winberg’s name written instead,” according to the charges.